How to Use pitcher plant in a Sentence

pitcher plant

noun
  • The way a pitcher plant traps bugs shows them how to capture pests in a farm field.
    — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In the case of the pitcher plant mosquito, the trade turns out to be a good deal.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Some pitcher plants hold digestive fluid in the base of the trap.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Native pitcher plants grow in clusters in the wetlands.
    — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 July 2022
  • Fire is the magic ingredient of a healthy longleaf forest, and a healthy pitcher plant bog.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Who can sleep with the ethical conundrum of an active pitcher plant hobby?
    — Brian Howey, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
  • One evolutionary step that has many biologists puzzled is where the pitcher plant leaf shape came from.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2020
  • In this new study, a team identified the odor molecules emanating from four types of pitcher plants.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Step into a Victorian greenhouse where orchids bloom and pitcher plants bite.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Now, that fateful discovery has led to the identification of a new species of pitcher plant, one that traps and eats bugs underground.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022
  • Oh, and seeing hundreds of pitcher plants in the Madagascan rainforest.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Liz Langley looks at other food storers, from pitcher plants to pelicans to chipmunks.
    — National Geographic, 7 Nov. 2019
  • After propagating the purple pitcher plant, those involved in the project reintroduce plants into the wild.
    — Sarah Jay, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
  • There are five different species of pitcher plant to be found, as well as other carnivorous species such as bladderworts and butterworts.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 9 Jan. 2022
  • While the carnivorous cravings of most flesh-eating plants are limited to small insects, one exception is the pitcher plant.
    — smithsonianmag.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Different kinds of Sarracenia pitcher plants tend to eat different kinds of insects — some species trap more ants, while others feast on bees and moths.
    — Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Now, researchers suggest pitcher plants emit various deadly concoctions of odors to attract different kinds of prey.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Alabama’s pitcher plant bogs aren’t exactly a secret, but relatively few people have gotten a close look at their wonders.
    — al, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Sarracenia pitcher plants typically make their home in bogs and in poor soil throughout North America.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
  • But what about the eastern US native purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)?
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The family lived for a while in a hut in Borneo, surrounded by pitcher plants, flowers the size of beanbag chairs, flying snakes and pygmy forest elephants.
    — Blair Braverman, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries.
    — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
  • These pitcher plants carry out a quirky version of their family’s strategies for surviving in a nutrient-poor environment.
    — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Multiple species of carnivorous pitcher plants that grow on the moist outskirts around longleaf forests have landed on the endangered species list, largely due to fire suppression.
    — Jamie Dickman, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
  • In Spain’s Balearic Islands, this small wall lizard picks off insects that are attracted to the stench of the dead horse arum lily, a pungent, purple species of pitcher plant.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Expansive tracts of upland pine and hardwood forests frame the trails, while the seepage slopes host carnivorous pitcher plants, terrestrial orchids, and other rare species.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Researchers found that the digestive enzymes are related to stress hormones in Cephalotus follicularis and three other species of pitcher plant.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2017
  • Dai and his lab devised a novel solution to this problem that collects water droplets similarly to how the carnivorous pitcher plant devours insects.
    — Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The reserve encompasses around 9,300 acres, including pitcher plant bogs, hardwood forests and marshes.
    — Margaret Kates | [email protected], al, 11 July 2022

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